Global Partners LP filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On October 15, 2024, Global Partners LP (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing that the Board of Directors of its general partner, Global GP LLC, declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.59375 per unit ($2.375 per unit on an annualized basis) on the Partnership’s 9.50% fixed-rate Series B preferred units for the period from August 15, 2024 through November 14, 2024. On November 15, 2024, the Partnership will pay such cash distribution to its Series B preferred unitholders of record as of the opening of business on November 1, 2024.
A copy of the Partnership’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the Partnership specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| (d) | Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Global Partners LP Press Release dated October 15, 2024 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| GLOBAL PARTNERS LP | ||
| By: | Global GP LLC | |
| its general partner | ||
| Dated: October 15, 2024 | By: | /s/ Sean T. Geary |
| Sean T. Geary | ||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||